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Hawkes, Kristen | Brief communication: adrenal androgens and aging: female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) compared with women | Ovarian cycling continues to similar ages in women and chimpanzees yet our nearest living cousins become decrepit during their fertile years and rarely outlive them. Given the importance of estrogen in maintaining physiological systems aside from fertility, similar ovarian aging in humans and chimpa... | Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Senescence; Aging rates; Human longevity | 2013-01-01 |
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Hawkes, Kristen | Grandmothers and the evolution of human longevity: a review of findings and future directions | Women and female great apes both continue giving birth into their forties, but not beyond. However humans live much longer than other apes do.[1] Even in hunting and gathering societies, where the mortality rate is high, adult life spans average twice those of chimpanzees, which become decrepit duri... | Life history evolution; Senescence; Cooperative child rearing; Infant psychology; Male-male competition | 2013-01-01 |
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